incapacitating  /ɪn kə ˈpæ sɪ ˌteɪ tɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "incapacitating"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) that cripples or disables or incapacitates

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Usage(s):

  1. One in six patients, a separate study found, developed nerve damage ranging from minor tingling in the feet to incapacitating pain and weakness.
  2. The attacks included search-and-destroy missions against Afghan villages, the machine-gunning of unarmed civilians and even the dropping of incapacitating gas by Soviet gunships.
  3. Progress is being made in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, a baffling disease incapacitating about 100,000 Americans.

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  1. Mexico has done "an outstanding job in identifying major drug-trafficking king pins and extraditing them and incapacitating them," Chertoff added.
    on Sep 28, 2007 By: Michael Chertoff Source: International Herald Tribune

  2. Lindsay said being Tasered was a "very intense, very incapacitating pain," but it subsided within seconds.
    on May 2, 2008 By: Fred Lindsay Source: Canada.com

  3. "This decision ensures that the executive does not falsely claim credit for detaining and incapacitating terrorists, when in many documented cases they have just swept up innocent men and hidden them from scrutiny," said CCR President Michael...
    on Jun 12, 2008 By: Michael Ratner Source: Common Dreams (press release)

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